Members of the RISC-V Foundation have access to and participate in the development of the RISC-V ISA specifications and related HW / SW ecosystem. The Foundation has a Board of Directors (BoD) comprising seven representatives from Bluespec, Inc.; Google; Microsemi; NVIDIA; NXP; University of California, Berkeley; and Western Digital. RISC-V is taking off far faster than anyone anticipated, both commercially and academically. The BoD decided that now is the time to aggressively transition the Foundation from a RISC-V technical standards body (e.g. IEEE-754 committee) to the center of RISC-V activity worldwide (e.g. The Linux Foundation). To this end the BoD has opened the search for a dynamic CEO to maximize the potential of RISC-V and lead the Foundation to this next level. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The CEO’s overarching goal is to lead the transformation of the RISC-V Foundation into the primary organization driving the integrity, evolution and growth of RISC-V worldwide. The CEO will formulate and execute the strategy for realizing this Foundation goal. The CEO job will require but is not constrained by the following tasks and responsibilities:
- Formulate the RISC-V Foundation vision and strategy:
- Standards setting
- Shared marketing (CEO evangelism, events, outreach, website, “making the world safe for RISC-V”)
- Educational material (professional training & certification, corporate partnerships, K12 to higher education)
- Ecosystem development (shared engineering resources for standards, golden models, compliance suites, …)
- Government outreach and country adoption (coordination and engagement processes to prevent fragmentation)
- Membership growth and country adoption
- Foundation business model (value proposition, fund raising, revenue targets, membership dues)
- Research funding
- Legal strategy
- Execute the RISC-V Foundation vision and strategy:
- BoD buy-in and approval
- Operational plan with milestones and targets
- Fund raising
- Organization to execute plan
- Regular reporting to BoD on progress against goals
- BS/MS in Engineering/Computer Science plus, ideally, an MBA
- Experience / working knowledge of the semiconductor space
- Proven track record of growing and managing a global technology organization
- 10-15+ years of related experience in engineering management, product management, and or business development
- Strong business acumen with the ability to focus on the right things
- Ability to create and execute to plan – Execution, execution, execution….
- Exceptionally strong program management skills
- Demonstrated success creating and driving strategy
- Proven success building and managing partnerships
- Exhibited track record of planning and managing budgets
- Innately amazing interpersonal skills to build strong relationships and drive execution
- Capable of managing and interfacing with all levels from Engineer to CEO
- Proven ability to build teams
- Self-starter
- Excellent written, verbal communication, and presentations skills and proven ability to communicate technical concepts